diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7d7d6120..9a2ee1f0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
                 <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-                <version>3.8.1</version>
+                <version>3.9</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>commons-io</groupId>